CORRESPONDENCE

Colonist, Volume XVII, Issue 1981, 19 October 1875, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE

[We are not -responsiblefm'the opinion! expressed ly our Correspondents. ' Contributors are Requested to write oh one side of their i paper ' only. Communications that have' appeared, ini'other local journals are objectionable and seldom] inserted,. We cannot acceptl anonymous communications, ,] To,the Editor of the.Colonist. ' Sib —On- Friday morning I had ;the pleasuredseeing'the Murray lying off the mouth of the river,- signalling for Pilot Williams, who went off; and took' her some I way up the river Kuataniwha. Here she j anchored, and sent off a boat for the barge to come off and load her, but lo and behold the said barge was stack on the mad, aad and all the exertions of six men could not move her, and she had to be lightened of part of her burden. The tides are taking off,j steamers cannot wait, the Murray must return to Nelson. How is this ? Here is a wharf put out on a mud-flat, dry at low water, apparently of no use, save only to serve as a laughing-stock to show how shareholders' money may be squandered, i It is well known that for a few pounds "extra the wharf might have been placed to as to be of use, and in a place where vessels could; get at it; a« it is, it is l simply useless. It is one thing to say here we have plenty of coal, and a wharf to load at, but it irj quite another thing to find you cannot reach j the wharf. A Bimilar thing qccurred^with. the Ocean Bird. Surely some steps will be j taken to remedy these drawbacks to'Jvhat J might be a productive e»«r>ce of revenue^ When the general comes^off lodgSl and numerous "other items will fought: forward. It is tiineaoiftefiihing-was done; [ ± am, &c, i A Shareholder. Collingwood, Oct. 7. (To the Mitor of the Colonist.) Sir, —The newly imported Editor of the Daily Times seeing to think Sir Julius Vogel could not serve Nelson so' we 1! as local men —without questioning his right, or not, to make such a statement, or detract anything from the local man whom he haa in view—let me inform him that Sir Julius both would and could serve Nelson, specially or otherwise, and his influence would be more than that of half a dozen of our local men, especially like the one in view. Hoping that Sir Julius will nob come and interfere with thia Editor's (at present) invisible choice i.e., known only to a few. Tours, &c, Nicodemus Y.U.